Will Barker

Will Barker is the CEO and co-founder of Mint Innovation, a company that is developing recovery processes that use inexpensive chemicals and proprietary microorganisms to bind and concentrate specific metals under environmentally benign conditions. Will has also served as the director of the Health Research Council of New Zealand and Hot Lime Labs. In addition, they have been a technical advisor for Snowball Effect and the CEO of NZBIO. Most recently, they have been working as an investment manager for Powerhouse Ventures Limited.

Will Barker completed a BSc and PhD in Chemistry at the University of Leicester between 1994 and 2000.

Will Barker works with a small team of people who report to him. These people include Andrew Hanratty, Head of Business, and Ollie Crush, Chief Scientific Officer.